Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com I wonder if the novelist, Sara Shepard, had Sir Walter Scott in mind when she set out to write her young-adult series, “Pretty Little Liars”, which ABC Family has turned into an original cable hit TV show: Oh what a tangled...

Rankings of all sorts seem to be an American passion, and when it comes to college football, perhaps “obsession” is a better word. And maybe this season — with the advent of the new College Football Playoff (CFP) System – we will be able to...

American Horror Story Now this is one scary show, although “show” implies a continuity of sorts, which is not what FX’s hit series “American Horror Story” is all about. Now in its fourth season, this series re-invents itself each and...

Several years ago I heard John Hendricks (founder of Discovery Channel) talk about what motivated him to start what ultimately became a global franchise, and he mentioned the idea of bringing documentary (National Geographic-like) programming to a wider TV audience....